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    Airframe Family: Bell 12/13/15/23/26/24/33/43 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 Kingcobra
    Latest Model:P-63E-1-BE Kingcobra
    Last Military Serial:401 FAHo
    Construction Number:33-16
    Last Civil Registration:N41964
    Compressed ID:Bell P-63E-1-BE sn 401 FAHo cn 33-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-63E-1-BE.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-11728.

    1945

    Loaned to Bell Aircraft Corpation, Buffalo, NY.
    Bailed to Bell for flight testing.

    4 February 1946

    To Bell Aircraft Corp, Buffalo, NY with new c/r N41964.

    By June 1946

    Aircraft modified by Bell with second cockpit behind the engine.

    22 June 1946

    Participated in General Electric Air Research Demonstration open house at Schenectady, NY.

    1948

    Second cockpit removed.

    October 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Hondurena with s/n 401.

    15 October 1948

    Damaged.
    Damaged landing on delivery flight, Tegucigalpa Air Base, Honduras.

    From Circa 1948 to Circa 1957

    FAH used as spares source, Tegucigalpa AB.

    2 June 1953

    Civil registration, N41964, cancelled.

    1957

    To Bell Aircraft Corp, Buffalo, NY with new c/r N41964.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 311728

    January 1958

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Donated by Bell Aircraft.
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    Circa June 1969


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    October 1970

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    Markings Applied: IL-76, 269654
    Marked as RP-63E Pinball.

    13 August 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2 November 2011


    Photographer: Andrew King

    September 2021

    In the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    September 2021

    Loaned to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    17 September 2021

    Transported by ground.
    Truck with aircraft departed NMUSAF this date.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     General Electric Air Research Demonstration (22 June 1946) by Brian Lockett
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Museum of Aviation
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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